Scorpio Monthly Horoscope

Jupiter’s stint in Gemini can bring wealth and transformation, but it will also be easy to get lost in the depths. Good thing, then, that we have Cancer season to balance it all out. With the Sun now traveling through your global ninth house, don’t be surprised if you find yourself connecting with like-minded people all over the world—perhaps on a life-changing retreat—or exploring possibilities far outside your comfort zone. Creative Scorpions would benefit from setting aside time for a visionary project or long-term business planning. Follow your inspiration wherever it leads you, and don’t feel obligated to commit to concrete plans just yet.

One of those explorations could be a return to an abandoned creative project or possibly an old love. On July 2, hazy Neptune begins its annual retrograde through Pisces and your fifth house of self-expression and play until December 7. With Neptune joining Saturn and Pluto in the outer-planet retrograde brigade, you’ll do well to step back and evaluate which projects or hobbies bring you the most joy. 

While you’re ordinarily a capable juggler, Scorpio, Neptune’s backstroke can clarify what’s worth your time and energetic focus. It’s a great time to dust off an old passion project that got put on the back burner. Could there be a totally novel, attention-grabbing approach that’s worth including in those long-term business plans?

Retrogrades rule the past, and with Neptune rolling back the fog in your provocative fifth house, an ex could resurface, sending mixed signals. You may be the one getting cold feet about a love affair under fickle Neptune’s spell. Perhaps you’ve been idealizing someone and now see their human side a bit more clearly. Nobody’s perfect, Scorpio (present company included), so work on finding compassion for their flaws—and your own. Don’t be surprised if you’re more thin-skinned and quick to react defensively between now and early December as Neptune’s backspin tends to stir up all kinds of intense feelings.

Since the fifth house also rules children, committed Scorpios might find themselves reconsidering family planning, asking, How do we REALLY feel about having kids at this point in our lives? Is this something we truly want or are we adhering to social norms and denying our own preferences? 

With a powerful Cancer new moon activating your ninth house of travel, expansion and future possibilities on July 5, intentions set now could unfold over the next six months. Launch a business? Take a bike tour across a couple U.S. states? Dream as big as you want, then follow up with action. Sometimes a leap of faith is all you need to create a brilliant new perspective on life. 

The ninth house also governs religion and personal beliefs. The Cancer new moon could also herald a fresh start around your spiritual journey, especially in tandem with Neptune’s retrograde in Pisces. You might explore the powers of plant medicine or a plunge into a metaphysical topic. 

On a deeper level, the Cancer new moon will boost your self-love and ability to be vulnerable about your needs. You’re a loyal friend, Scorpio, but it’s important to recognize where you habitually lean in to caregiver mode at the expense of your own emotional security. This new moon can encourage you to draw better boundaries with your inner circle, facilitating more time for you, your interests and more aligned relationships in the process.

Prepare your perch for a powerful partnership that could develop soon after the new moon—thanks to the rare July 15 convergence of unstoppable Mars and rabble-rouser Uranus in Taurus and your seventh house of one-on-one commitments. You could suddenly join forces and make an alliance official or, on the flipside, finally put an end to a long-standing relationship that you’ve outgrown. 

Get ready for shifts in your inner circle under this electrifying and explosive aspect. If a partnership isn’t “meant to be,” it could blow up or face a challenge that demands a speedy response. And if you’ve been dragging your feet around making things official, you might be forced to make a quick decision.

This planetary convergence echoes back to August 2022, the last time courageous Mars and liberator Uranus connected in Taurus. Uranus has been plodding through this sign (and your relationship-focused seventh house) since May 2018, shaking up any unions you’ve been clinging to out of fear and insecurity. Is “the devil you know” really better than the one you don’t, Scorpio? The Mars-Uranus meetup will uproot codependent and even toxic ties. This will be their last-ever meetup in Taurus in our lifetime, making this a significant release point for stagnant contracts and lingering trust issues. 

By the time energizing Mars moves into perceptive Gemini and your psychological eighth house on July 20, you’ll feel much more empowered to speak your peace and engage in honest dialogue. Mars immediately forms a harmonious 120-degree trine to powerful Pluto in your fourth house of home, personal myth and family. This will galvanize your confidence to speak truthfully about what’s bothering you or holding you back from living your happiest life. Mars in Gemini encourages communication while Pluto in Aquarius helps uncover secrets, setting the stage for productive dialogue.

You’ll get the chance to talk all about it this July 21, when the Capricorn full moon lights your communication zone and hands you the mic. This is the second of a rare pair of back-to-back Capricorn full moons this summer (the first was on June 21). Get ready for the sequel to what kicked off near the summer solstice.

With the full moon shining a spotlight on your third house of communication and community, conversations and projects that you’ve been exploring all year could reach a turning point. You could team up with a kindred spirit or finally get the green light from decision makers. A sibling, neighbor or colleague could figure into events. If you’ve got a message to share, get it out there, both locally and on social media. Under these brazen beams, you’re all fired up, and you’ve got something to say to the world. Pass the mic!

Just be wary of word choices that could burn bridges, Scorpio. Mars has a way of escalating situations—it’s named for the mythological god of conflict and strife, after all! Ignore the keyboard warriors and swiper vipers spilling hate all over your comments section. Tuck that deadly Scorpio stinger away before you do permanent damage to a relationship—especially one that you genuinely care about. Cruelty and callousness will leave a deeper wound than you realize.

While it might be tempting to put people in their place, lean in to curiosity around your enragement instead. Mars’ transit through Gemini and your eighth house of patterns might cause knee-jerk reactions to triggers from childhood wounds that you’re ready to put to bed. Emotions could boil over when your ruler, powermonger Pluto, forms its annual opposition to the Sun on July 23, the day after Leo season begins.

It all starts out great when the Sun shifts out of Cancer into Leo and your ambitious, goal-driven tenth house for a month. All those grand ideas you had during Cancer season can now be set to an achievable plan. 

But first, we interrupt this good news with a left hook from the underworld. On July 23, a standoff between your professional and personal priorities could lead to a major meltdown as Pluto activates your personal-life sector and stares down the Sun in your career zone. People could get aggressive today. Even worse? The most hostile among them could be close members of your family or friend circle. Maybe you shouldn’t share your budding career plans or latest achievements lest an insecure relative throw cold water on those dreams. 

You know how that goes: You’re at a family gathering and decide to vulnerablely open up about a big change you’re considering in hopes that your loved ones will validate this move and cheer you on. Instead, you get peppered with skeptical and protective questions: “But have you thought of (insert imaginary way everything could go wrong)?” coming from someone who still sees you as the shy kid who got stage fright during their third grade choir solo instead of the powerful and autonomous grownup you’ve become. 

Since the tenth house also rules men and fathers, this opposition could energize your relationship with a key guy in your life. You may have to clear the air of unresolved anger or competitiveness. While things might feel tense, the Sun-Pluto opposition presents a meaningful opportunity to break through your power struggle instead of breaking down. 

Once you’ve hashed things out, it’s time to refocus on your mission—especially with the Sun and wealth magnet Venus in Leo for the rest of the month, heating up your ambitions and making you an attractor for power players. Home in on your highest-priority goals and pursue them with gusto. Just be careful not to come on TOO strong under this aggressive influence. 

But don’t hold back! If you want something (or someone) that badly, put it in life-sized skywriting instead of secretly hoping they’ll get the hint. Let your natural creativity and charisma shine. A well-deployed effort could earn you major points with the powers that be. If a high-profile opportunity comes your way, it won’t last long, so strike while the iron is sizzling! 

With all this career opportunity, however, burnout could creep in. You may be a force of nature, Scorpio, but just because you CAN perpetually operate on a half tank doesn’t mean you should. On July 26, healing Chiron turns retrograde (backward) in Aries and your work and wellness sector, calling for a more balanced approach to daily routines. 

It’s smart to read up on the benefits of a plant-based diet and foam rollers, for example. But if you’re approaching your practices from a place of fear, use this cycle to turn the tide. The same goes for any micromanaging that you’re doing. Are you afraid everything will fall apart if you don’t keep a tight grip? Where are you able to fight for more personal time in your schedule? Seek a more empowered way to deal with this matter before Chiron pivots forward on December 29. 

Dare to go there! Your July love forecast is a curious mix of deep intimacy and worldly adventures. Magnetic Venus begins the month in imaginative Cancer, stoking your ninth house of travel, adventure, and education through July 11. You could be wildly attracted to someone from another culture or country—or just completely different from your usual type. Pick your pronoun-appropriate version of the trending “hot rodent boyfriend,” aka someone who smolders in an unconventional, non-Barbie World kind of way. 

Scorpios traveling for the summer could find themselves entangled in a sizzling summer romance abroad. Mamma mia! You’re turned on by the idea of taking a risk, so whether you’re coupled or single, make like your fellow Scorpio Brene Brown and “dare greatly.” That could mean crossing skydiving off your bucket list or embracing radical transparency even when your palms sweat and your voice shakes. The further past your limits you go, the sexier you feel.

Meanwhile, lusty Mars (your co-ruler) is blazing a fearless trail through your arc of intimacy. It kicks off the month in Taurus and your seventh house of one-on-one relationships and trust before blazing into Gemini and your eighth house of soul-searing bonds on July 20. 

Fair warning: This play-for-keeps Mars-in-Gemini cycle can push you to extremes. You either want a total mind-body-soul connection, or you’ll just keep looking. Strong sexual chemistry coupled with searing emotional vulnerability is a must now (and really, Scorpio, when isn’t it?). Spice things up in the bedroom by acting out a fantasy, then cool down with some dreamy pillow talk. 

Amidst the passion, stay vigilant for bouts of jealousy and obsession—and don’t give in to them—especially when Mars forms a powerful 120-degree trine to shadowy Pluto on July 21. While deep conversation may flow, an innocent misunderstanding could escalate into a major (and totally unnecessary) blowup. Take it as a valuable lesson about not jumping to conclusions.

Partnered Scorpios should clear their calendars to have more one-on-one time. Privacy is necessary to go deeper in every sense: sexually, emotionally and spiritually. Mars in Gemini can offer an energetic boost of courage to help you communicate honestly. A major commitment event or engagement might be in the works this summer, Scorpio. For single Scorpios, the energy is ripe for a DTR (“define the relationship”) moment.

Big ideas: welcome! With the Sun in Cancer and your visionary ninth house until July 22, your “impossible” ideas may suddenly seem achievable. Book some brainstorming sessions and unleash the blue-sky thinking. You could come up with a killer idea for an indie business under these entrepreneurial skies.

No need to do it alone, either: Go-getter Mars ignites your collaboration and joint-venture sectors for the entirety of July. With innovative Uranus traveling in tandem (making an exact meetup on July 15) in your house of one-on-one partnerships, and abundant Jupiter recently moving into your merger-minded eighth house, this whole month is ripe for forging dynamic duos.

Once the Sun storms into Leo and your tenth house of achievement on July 22, your sights are set on success. The next month might find you in full-on-production mode. Even when you’re out at happy hour or lounging at home, you’re thinking about ways to advance your career—just be careful not to let it spill into your personal relationship time!

Take advantage of this magnetic period by refreshing your digital profiles. Thinking about a brand relaunch? Raising your rates? Now’s the time. With the confident Sun in your corner, you could make some gutsy moves, connecting with decision makers and influential mentors who open doors. 

With Mars in Gemini and your long-term-finances zone July 20 through September 4, you might explore building security through buying and selling real estate, contributing to your retirement savings or getting savvier about investing. 

Love Days: 24, 28

Money Days: 7, 17

Luck Days: 5, 15

Off Days: 26, 3, 13

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